Writing About Sex

My latest crazy idea is to write an e-book.  Here are the reasons it's crazy-

1) I don't even update my blog.

2) I've gotten super sloppy about grammar, etc. over the years

3) I'm highly distractable....squirrel (whips head to the left)

4) This idea isn't original, 5 zillion other people are whipping out there lap tops as we speak, staring at the empty page. But then, they move ahead of me just by typing a couple of words.

Here are the reasons it's not crazy

1) I'm middle-aged, my eggs are constantly group parachuting out of my ovaries in one last desperate gasp before they dry up entirely, so I think about sex almost as much as someone with testicles. I'm thinking a grown-up story with sex might be relevant because-

2) 50 Shades of Gray is more popular than a viral video starring kittens, Rick Astley and a Call Me Maybe parody.

3) My favortie review of 50 Shades of Gray from Amazon  "I'd rather read the iTunes user agreement, it's better written."  Dude, I can do that.

4) It's at least as likely as winning the lottery which is my current plan B.

I even asked my boss if I could rearrange my work week to have an afternoon off to write said novel. You know, an afternoon a week is totally enough. Sigh.

I used to actually write fiction and have thought of resurrecting a couple of my favorite short stories and seeing what I could do with the characters.  One was a serial killer, the other  was a mother of a teenager .  She committed suicide in the story. So, you know - sex, sex, sex all over those happy little stories.

Squirrel...

 

Comments

[Katjamichelle]

WAIT! *is* there a, "viral video starring kittens, Rick Astley and a Call Me Maybe parody." I should google this...or just wait for it to come across my twitter stream

[Kristen]

Go for it! Lately, I've been reading lots of self-published e-books (Amazon Kindle does a good job making them easy to find, I think.) And I have seen a few authors make the leap from self-publishing to being published. I don't think it is as lucrative as your Plan 4B (lottery)....but probably has better odds.

[Lisa V]

Kristen, I've heard that with an e-book, an author can make roughly $2 a copy. It frankly wouldn't take much to make a difference in most people's lives. If you suddenly had an extra $5000 or $10,000 a year, it would be awesome.

[Vidalia]

1. You won't know unless you try it.
2. There's actually a book on how to write a dissertation in 15 minutes a day so 3 hours a week of putting words on a page would be the discipline of a novelist at work.
3. S.E. Hinton wrote her second novel by typing two pages a night, forced to do so by her boyfriend who was sick of her depression after The Outsiders came out. He wouldn't take her on a date until she did 2 pages. She did two pages a night. Got a stack of papers eventually with typing on them. Sent them off. Voilà: second novel.
4. Someone should compete with 50 Shades. Honestly.

[Kelly]

This, "My favortie review of 50 Shades of Gray from Amazon "I'd rather read the iTunes user agreement, it's better written." Dude, I can do that." cracked me up.

It is ever so true.

DO IT!!!

[Christine]

Do it. You'll be my inspiration. I am torn between writing and knitting as an alternate career path; I just want something that doesn't involve shit. And people.